Adjustable partition for boxes



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S. T. ACHOR.

ADJUSTABLE PARTITION FOR BOXES. No. 374,920.

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S. T. ACHOR.

ADJUSTABLE PARTITION FOR BOXES.l

Patented Deo. 20, 1887.

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SERVETUS T. AOHOR, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ADJUSTABLE PARTITION FOR BOXES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,920, dated December 2Ol 1887.

Application filed July 2S), 1887. Serial No. 245,646. (Model.)

becoming mixed together and confused, or-

articles of the same kind may be separated into smaller masses, so as to avoid bruising or crushing; and my invention is particularly adapted for use in boxes containing confectionery, which is liable to be crushed by its own weight when in large masses, 0r to adhere together in warm weather. Itis also adapted for use in packing fruits, and for many other articles.-

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of a box iitted with my improved partitions, with the side of the box broken away. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same on line :c y. Fig. 3

shows one of the metal supports. Figs. 4:, 5, 6, 2, and 8 are modifications of the form of the support; and Fig. 9 is a plan view, looking down from above, of the sheet K, partitions C, and supports D.

Similar letters of reference designate similar parts in all the drawings.

A. is an ordinary box,provided with a lid, B,

C O O are strips of pasteboard, veneer, or similar material, and D D D are strips of tin or sheet met-al bent into the form shown and adapted to straddle and support the strips C C C. The lower Iianges, G G, of the supports D D D are provided with downwardly-extending points or projections, as E E E E, which may be formed in various ways, as by bending down the corners, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, or by projecting points, as shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, or by punching holes through the flanges, thus leaving the superlinous metal in projecting points, as shown in Fig. 4.. L L indicate the contents of the box.

In Figs. 5 and 6 the support D is provided with a slot, II H, to allow of a strip, I, being .erect position.

inserted at right angles to the strip C, so as to further subdivide the box, if desired.

In use one or more of the supports D are placed across each of the strips G, which strips are then placed at such distances along the box as to divide it into spaces of the desired size, the supports D keeping the partitions C in an It' the box is to be divided by more than one tier of partitions, a sheet, K, of card-board or similar material is then placed on top of the partitions and a second tier is arranged thereupon, and this is proceeded with until the requisite number of tiers has been arranged. Any vacancy at the top of the box should be filled up, so that the supports will be held between the lid and bottom of the box. The weight or pressure will cause the projections on the flanges or bases G to catch on the flat material beneath them, so as 'g to prevent the supports D D and partitions C C from slipping or changing their positions.

The neatest and most satisfactory means of construction is to make the partsof such proportions thata certain number-one or moreof tiers will evenly :lill the box, thus holding the supports directly between the lid and bottom; but, as I have said, any space at the top can be filled up and the result will be the same.

The supports D D have suiiicient strength to bear all ordinary weight and pressure which is put upon them, and the more downward pressure they have upon them the more firmly they are held in their places. They thus sustain the pressure which would at once bend over or break the partitions O O if unsup ported, and form a iirm and convenient package.

My invention is cheap and easily manufactured and applied, it wears well, is not liable to be easily broken, and is in many respects a most valuable improvement. It is susceptible of various modifications, which do not, however, affect the merits of the invention. One of these modifications is shown in Figs. 7 and 8, where the points E E are sharp and bent at such an angle as to penetrate the material beneath them, and, catching therein, give a still firmer hold to the support.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination, with a box provided 3. The combination, with a box, A, and lid with alid, of avertioal partition supported by B, of tWo or more tiers of strips, GO, each a motalliostrip, said strip being provided with having a support, D, provided with flanges G a horizontal base to rest upon and projecting G and projections E E, and a sheet, K, nter- 5 points to engage with the bottom of the box, posedbetween theadjacent tiers, substantially 15 substantially as and for the purposes set forth. as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with a box, of a parti- SERVEIUS T. AOHOR. tion, C, and a metallic support, D, provided Vitnesses: with flanges G G and projections E E, sub- A. WILSON,

ro stantially as and for the purposes set forth. W'. D. NEILLEY. 

